[BITList] Bears

[FS]

    A priest, a Baptist preacher, and a rabbi all served as chaplains to
    the students of University of Minnesota Duluth .

    They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to
    talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to
    people isn't really all that hard. A real challenge would be to
    preach to a bear. One thing led to another and they decided to do an
    experiment. They would all go out into the woods, find a bear,
    preach to it, and attempt to convert it.

    Seven days later, they're all together to discuss their experience.

    Father Flannery, who has his arm in a sling, is on crutches, and has
    various bandages on his body and limbs, goes first. "Well," he says,
    "I went into the woods to find a bear. And when I found him I began
    to read to him from the catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to
    do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy
    water, sprinkled him and, Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as
    gentle as a lamb. The bishop is coming out next week to give him
    first communion and confirmation."

    Reverend Billy spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an IV drip
    in his arm, and both legs in casts. In his best fire and brimstone
    oratory he exclaimed, "WELL, brothers, you KNOW that we don't
    sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND a bear. And then I began to read to
    my bear from God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do
    with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled
    down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek.
    So I quickly DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like
    you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the
    day praising Jesus."

    The Priest and the Preacher both looked down at the Rabbi, who was
    lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction with
    monitors and IV's running in and out of him. He was in real bad shape.

    The Rabbi looks up and says, "Looking back on it, circumcision may
    not have been the best way to start..."



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